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Philadelphia TV Anchor Accused Of Hacking Rival's E-mail
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:39:07 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209400773 By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek July 22, 2008 Former Philadelphia news anchor Larry Mendte on Monday was charged with hacking into the e-mail accounts of Alycia Lane, his co-anchor at CBS affiliate KYW-TV and reported rival, hundreds of times over the course of two years. During this time, Mendte allegedly leaked privileged legal information about Lane's personal life to the press "in an attempt to undermine his colleague's ongoing legal cases," said Acting U.S. Attorney Laurie Magid at a press conference on Monday. [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.com
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